World War I Vocabulary

foreign policy of staying neutral; not getting into other country’s affairs

• isolationism

• militarism

building up of a country’s military

• militarism

• alliances

agreeing to take care of or fight with another country

• alliances

• imperialism

political, military, and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories

• imperialism

• militarism

having pride in one’s country

• nationalism

• imperialism

payments payed for war damages

• reparations

• taxes

a ceasefire when both sides stop fighting

• Armistance

• check mate

ended WWI; established the League of Nations (without the U.S.), Punished Germany

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Paris

movement of African-Americans from the South to the North for jobs in war industry

• Great Migration

• Exodusters

U.S., France, Russia, Italy, Great Britain, Japan were all apart of the ____________________ Powers.

• Allied

• Central